FROM: HOLLEY CARNRIGHT
DATE: MARCH 31, 2017
RE: PRESS RELEASE - DISTRICT ATTORNEY D. HOLLEY CARNRIGHT ANNOUNCES: INTRUDER IN BURGLARIES OF SUNY NEW PALTZ STUDENTS
PLEADS GUILTY
On Friday, March 31, 2017, Lance Corporal Kevin
Guerrero, 20, of the United States Marines stationed in New Windsor, Orange
County, pled guilty to Burglary in the Second Degree and Sexual Abuse in the
First Degree, both violent felony offenses.
The case stems from an incident on September 4, 2016
in New Paltz when Guerrero unlawfully entered three off campus student
residences and attempted to sexually assault the female students therein, while
they were asleep.
District Attorney Holley Carnright states “The
defendant’s behavior violated all expectations of safety, civility and privacy
which our student population should enjoy.”
Carnright describes this case as unusual in that this type of crime
committed by someone with minimal ties to the community is not commonly seen by
his office. Carnright also lauds the
New Paltz Police Department for their swift and tireless investigation which
identified and located the defendant in a very short period of time.
Sentencing is scheduled for June 14, 2017. Special Victims Bureau, Chief Katherine R.
Van Loan, is handling the case for the Ulster County District Attorney’s
Office. The defendant is represented by Mariann
Connolly of the Ulster County Public Defender’s Office.
